ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,771,094, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to FURUKAWA ELECTRIC Co. LTD. (Tokyo).

"Semiconductor device" was invented by Masaki Wakaba (Tokyo) and Kazuomi Maruyama (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A semiconductor device includes: a base including a base surface; a mesa protruding from the base surface in a first direction intersecting the base surface, the mesa including a top surface and two side surfaces on both sides of the top surface, and extending along the base surface; and an electric resistor including a top wall provided on the top surface and a side wall provided on at least one of the two side surfaces, the electric resist...